Translation
to forgive, pardon, excuse
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Examples
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Forgive me, I did not understand.
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She forgave him everything.
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I will never forgive such an act.
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He asked his father for forgiveness.
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Excuse me, do you speak Esperanto?
Two patterns, both correct: you forgive the person with , or the offence with . and are both heard, and neither will get you into trouble. As a standalone ! it does the work of both sorry and excuse me, so it is the single most useful word to have ready at a congress. is the noun; is to apologise.
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Word family
Words built on pardoni with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- nepardoneblaadjective
unforgivable, inexcusable
nepardoni-ebl-: not able to be forgiven
- pardonpetiverb
to apologise
pardonipeti
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 4: pardoni, ke, kiu and 11 more words.